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At the close of trial on September 27, 2011, Judge Chapman asked the attorneys to prepare proposed judgments – examples of what each of us believed his findings of fact and conclusions of law should look like. This Proposed Judgment is lengthy, but it is a thorough, carefully considered look at both the facts and the law in Brooke Gray’s case. With any luck, Judge Chapman’s ruling with look very similar to this.

Trial has now concluded in Brooke Gray’s Animal Husbandry Freedom case! In fifteen days the Attorney General’s Office will submit its first brief, then we’ll have fifteen additional days to write a Response Brief, then the Attorney General will have ten days for a Reply Brief. And after that, we wait to see what the judge decides. One exciting bit of news is that our case represented Missouri in the “Across the USA” section of today’s USA Today – which,…

On Monday, September 26, Brooke Gray will go on trial because the Missouri Veterinary Medical Board says it is illegal for non-veterinarians to provide basic animal husbandry services for animal owners. This determination could completely disrupt the way animal agriculture is done in the state of Missouri, as farmers and ranchers have always been able to seek help from neighbors or hired hands when they needed help with basic tasks. But, as these cease-and-desist letters from the Veterinary Medical Board…

Earlier this week the Freedom Center filed documents related to two of our cases with the Missouri Supreme Court. The first filing addresses the Court’s opinion in our recent Kansas City Premier Apartments case. While the majority determined that at least part of KCPA’s speech was forbidden by state law and not protected under the First Amendment, it also said that KCPA would be exempt from regulation if it “merely wanted to advertise or provide information.” Ryan and Tiffany would…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 19, 2011 CONTACT: Dave Roland, (314) 604-6621 Missouri Supreme Court: Government May Criminalize Truthful, Harmless Speech St. Louis, Missouri—On July 19 the Missouri Supreme Court issued its opinion in Kansas City Premier Apartments v. Missouri Real Estate Commission, in which it upheld a state law that criminalizes the communication of truthful, harmless information. Although at trial the government’s own expert witness had testified that KCPA’s speech was both truthful and unlikely to cause any harm to…

Friends of the Freedom Center, It would almost be funny if it wasn’t true, but the Big Government war on lemonade stands continues. As we have said from the day we filed our Cookie Stand case, the Mills family and the Freedom Center of Missouri are on the cutting edge of an issue with important national implications. To the best of our knowledge, no one else in the country has taken it upon themselves to stand up for property rights…

From the first day that she found out that the Missouri Veterinary Medical Board was attempting to deprive her of her right to earn a living, Brooke Gray has insisted that the Board was failing to comply with the very statute it claimed as authority for its lawsuit. Today, Ms. Gray formally asked the trial court to address this issue and to grant summary judgment in her favor. Read her arguments below!

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